31 January The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard.
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Published on this day
- 1925 The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
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- Bernard Barton: Unknown (published by Hall, Virtue, and Co, 1849), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harriet Parr: Unknown, image is circa 1850/1860, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Garry O'Connor: Garry7-38, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Daniel Tammet: De Lorelei, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Galsworthy: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- A. A. Milne: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized